Sironen needs to target Walker all day. I like what I saw from Sironen against the Warriors so I'd like to see Siro smash Walker and completely s*** him up.

What we need to be careful of is Lyons and Matai. Our forward back is better than theirs but they will spread it wide and run laps around us if we are not careful. Simona and Naiqama will have their work cut out for them.

Remember the ambush at LO last year. Everyone (media) was saying we ambushed Manly. Personally I thought Woods , Sue and Taupau were all on fire at the same time and we steamrolled them through the middle, when they were excepting us to throw it wide. A guess it was kinda like an ambush. They have a new coach who has put a lot of experienced players in SC and our SC team beat them well. Taupau I think we know Taupau's game better than he knows WTs game.

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"Especially after last week; they obviously didn't have their best game (in a 28-6 loss to Canterbury).

"So it's going to be a tough match. He obviously loves playing here at Leichhardt. It'll be for the opposite team so I don't know how the fans will treat him, but he'll be pumped up."

Taylor is bracing for "a lot of aggression" from Taupau.

"That's what he plays with and what we're expecting," he said.

"Interesting that he's been named in the back row. I'm not sure that he's played there very often in the past.

"So that'll be a change for him."

Taylor suspects Manly counterpart Trent Barrett may also tinker with the side he named on Tuesday, despite the Sea Eagles coach claiming on Friday that star fullback Brett Stewart definitely wouldn't play - and may not for several weeks as he recovers from his nagging hamstring injury.

"I imagine Brett Stewart's pushing to play there somewhere, so we'll see what their team is an hour before kick-off," Taylor said.

"But the one that's been named is certainly one that we're wary of at this stage.

"But it's really hard to predict how they're going to play. There's a number of changes to their team and obviously they wouldn't be comfortable with the way things went last week.

"So we're expecting a really strong performance from them and a really aggressive performance.

"The Bulldogs probably showed them the way to play last week and I think they'll take a fair bit of inspiration out of that and say we've got to be ready."

"They will play with I'm sure a lot more commitment and a lot more energy right from the start."